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  1. Yes, I was that poster. I'm not sure whether acceptances have gone out for the econ track; I haven't been told about any joint activities for the cohort yet, so it's possible that not everyone has been notified.
  2. I was fortunate enough to be admitted earlier this week to PhD programs in Health Policy at Stanford and Harvard, the decision science track for both schools. I went into this process with a research question in mind, and during my interviews I was asked (read: grilled) about my topic and why it was appropriate for decision science and not economics, for example. I think that being purposeful, specific (I applied to three schools), and demonstrating that I was reading and thinking about the discipline outside of my day job in population health was a boon to my application. In several interviews I talked about how things I had recently read had shaped my thinking, even when the books weren't specific to health policy ("Thinking, Fast and Slow", "Mountains Beyond Mountains", random articles I had read). I did reach out to professors before submitting and followed up when they recommended other faculty to talk to. When it came to the statement, I tried to answer three questions: "Why this?," "Why now?," "Why me?" I wanted the committee to want to meet me, not necessarily by having an intriguing background but by posing interesting questions. Naturally many of my interviews challenged me about the questions I posed in my statement. In hindsight, I don't think they expected me to have the right answers (that's what the PhD is for!) but to demonstrate my willingness to wrestle with them and engage intellectually. Let me know if you have any questions. I'm very excited to think about healthcare fulltime, free from my corporate obligations! ?
  3. I interviewed for that track last week. How about UNC Health Policy and Management? I noticed an acceptance on the results page. Any interviewees out there?
  4. In one instance, I wish I had sat down to think about a research question in more detail. I was fairly specific in my statement, but when it came to questions of what data I would need, how I would collect it, and whose help I'd need to do so, I was left to think on the spot. That kind of specificity has only come up once in my 8 interviews, but every interview counts! For the most part, I think they're simply looking for PhD candidates who are affable and have a voracious intellectual appetite + curiosity. I have not heard anything from UNC's Health Policy and Management program.
  5. Sure, BS in biology (4.0) and MS in health systems modeling (3.9) from Stanford. 2 years in the pop health industry. 99th and 92nd percentiles in verbal and quant, respectively.
  6. I received invitations to interview for Harvard Health Policy (Decision Science) and Stanford Health Policy (Decision Science) on Monday/Tuesday, so I don't think it's particularly late in the cycle yet.
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